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Anuja Dokras: PCOS Is Getting a New Name and It Could Change Women’s Healthcare Forever
May 14, 2026, 10:20

Anuja Dokras: PCOS Is Getting a New Name and It Could Change Women’s Healthcare Forever

Anuja Dokras,  Founder’s Professor in Women’s Health at University of Pennsylvania, shared a post on LinkedIn about a paper by Helena Teede et al. publsihed in The Lancet:

“So pleased to share our publication on the process, global engagement and reasons for changing the name of polycystic ovary syndrome PCOS to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome PMOS. Paving the way towards better care for our patients and increased research funding. Helena Teede, Terhi Piltonen, Androgen Excess and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Society American Society for Reproductive Medicine – ASRM, Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI).”

Title: Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, the new name for polycystic ovary syndrome: a multistep global consensus process

Authors: Helena J Teede, Mahnaz Bahri Khomami, Rachel Morman, Joop S E Laven, Anju E Joham, Michael F Costello, Madhuri Patil, D Aled Rees, Lorna Berry, Melanie G Cree, Han Zhao, Robert J Norman, Anuja Dokras, Terhi Piltonen, Global Name Change Consortium.

Anuja Dokras

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